My Baby Boy lost his fight to FIP

glitch · Nov 25, 2007

I know he's in a better place its just weird. I keep walking through the door expecting to see him there waiting for me like he always was and he isn't. He's in the back yard, covered in roses! It is getting easier now with the new kitten here, it gives me something else to concentrate on! I feel bad though because I am constantly comparing EEK to Glitch. It doesn't help that they look so much alike either! Glitch still comes see me in my dreams though, and thats really helpful. Even if its just a dream, its nice to see and hold him again!

glitch · Nov 26, 2007

I just got a sypothy card in the mail for Glitch from the Vet. Isn't that the sweetest, saddest thing you've ever heard!

glitch · Dec 8, 2007

Today is one of my bad days, he is in my head and I didn't sleep last night so I didn't even get the comfort of seeing him in my dreams. I miss him. I just want him to be here with me, I know thats selfish because he was so sick, but the world kind of feels empty without him. I am constantly thinking Im seeing him, and when I walk into the house I always think he is there and go to see him and then realize that he is not there. He is in the backyard... He still has so much of my heart that its unbelievable.

catcaregiver · Dec 17, 2007

RIP Glitch.

glitch · Dec 17, 2007

Its hard to believe that he has been gone for 1month and 1 day but he has! I think it does get a little easier, although I still dwell on him continuously! I think the new kitten helped, even though he isn't Glitch, he's still sweet as can be! I thank all of you for all of your help getting through his illness and through his death. You have all been a goddsend to me! So I thank You! Give yourselves a pat on the back, you earned it!

missmun52 · Dec 18, 2007

Originally Posted by glitch

Its hard to believe that he has been gone for 1month and 1 day but he has! I think it does get a little easier, although I still dwell on him continuously! I think the new kitten helped, even though he isn't Glitch, he's still sweet as can be! I thank all of you for all of your help getting through his illness and through his death. You have all been a goddsend to me! So I thank You! Give yourselves a pat on the back, you earned it!

Hi, Did you get another kitty already? I lost ernie around the same time you lost glitch and I am thinking of getting another kitty soon as my son asks all the time when ernie is coming home from the doctor (tried to explain he wont be, but he just cant/wont undertand) so i am going to get a Ernie #2 for his sake as opposed to getting a totally different kitty. Do you feel it helped you by getting another kitty?

glitch · Dec 21, 2007

Today I seem to have problems calling EEK, Glitch.

I think its one of those things that you look so quickly that you just forget that they're gone... Its been a hard day without my little man, but I know he's happy over the Bridge... I just miss seeing him and how he loved to be held like a baby, and never wanted to be away!

He knew I would always do what was best for him, so I know he knew that it was for the best. I do believe they tell you when they are ready to go, he did. He was just a sick little kitty. BooBoo is holding up without him thanks to little Eek, but I think its been really hard on him too. Ill never forget when I showed Gltich to BooBoo after Glitch had passed. BooBoo head butted him trying to wake him up... it was sad! But I learned the hard way that if you dont show them that they are gone they will forever look for them so I know it was for the best!!

I hope everyone else is having a good day, and I know no one really reads this anymore as it has been a while. But It feels better for me just to post something when I can't seem to get him off my mind! It doesn't help that there seems to be a massive breakout of FIP and I just can't imagine anyone else having to go through that with their babies... that is one disease I wish they would find a cure for!

kluchetta · Dec 21, 2007

Originally Posted by glitch

Today I seem to have problems calling EEK, Glitch.

I think its one of those things that you look so quickly that you just forget that they're gone... Its been a hard day without my little man, but I know he's happy over the Bridge... I just miss seeing him and how he loved to be held like a baby, and never wanted to be away!

He knew I would always do what was best for him, so I know he knew that it was for the best. I do believe they tell you when they are ready to go, he did. He was just a sick little kitty. BooBoo is holding up without him thanks to little Eek, but I think its been really hard on him too. Ill never forget when I showed Gltich to BooBoo after Glitch had passed. BooBoo head butted him trying to wake him up... it was sad! But I learned the hard way that if you dont show them that they are gone they will forever look for them so I know it was for the best!!

I hope everyone else is having a good day, and I know no one really reads this anymore as it has been a while. But It feels better for me just to post something when I can't seem to get him off my mind! It doesn't help that there seems to be a massive breakout of FIP and I just can't imagine anyone else having to go through that with their babies... that is one disease I wish they would find a cure for!

I'm still reading!

I just hate it when I see a thread and I can tell it's probably FIP. I usually know that it is, but I just don't ever want to say it.

glitch · Dec 29, 2007

Kluchetta~ I have noticed that I can look at a thread too and know its FIP. Alls you can do is keep your mouth shut though, I dont know if thats the right thing to do or not. Since Glitch passed, I think there has been like 6 other cats die of this dreadfull disease, and it was his FIP that brought me to this site so I have to be thankfull for that.

You know, I can't seem to go in my backyard anymore though. Even when I was babysitting uncle Willy (my gma's dog) I would take him out front instead of out back. Although taking him out back is the best place to take him!! I just seem to break down when I go out there... I can still see his grave, even through all the snow, the roses has frozen oddly in there shape and havn't let the snow hide them yet. Partly because I think my husband goes out there and makes sure they aren't getting buried. My DH seems to have bonded very nicely with the new kitten. I am still trying of course and love him dearly, but in a different way I think. They're such different souls, no matter how much they look alike! I still catch myself calling him Glitch, and have to correct myself, but it only seems to happen like once a day instead of a hundred times a day... I need to get back to the backyard though, all my kids stuff is back there and thats where they play! That was the whole reason I buried his out there was so I could see him everyday, while the kids were playing, but the day after he died it snowed, and it hasn't gone away and wont for a while. Im sure itll be here till spring. I need to be able to go out there though. I catch myself going out there to cry for the most part. I need to get out there for other purposes too. Well at this point Im just rambling!!

Have a happy new year everyone!!

To everyone who has lost a beloved pet this year, may they play happily over the bridge until we meet again!

kluchetta · Dec 29, 2007

Originally Posted by glitch

Kluchetta~ I have noticed that I can look at a thread too and know its FIP. Alls you can do is keep your mouth shut though, I dont know if thats the right thing to do or not. Since Glitch passed, I think there has been like 6 other cats die of this dreadfull disease, and it was his FIP that brought me to this site so I have to be thankfull for that.

You know, I can't seem to go in my backyard anymore though. Even when I was babysitting uncle Willy (my gma's dog) I would take him out front instead of out back. Although taking him out back is the best place to take him!! I just seem to break down when I go out there... I can still see his grave, even through all the snow, the roses has frozen oddly in there shape and havn't let the snow hide them yet. Partly because I think my husband goes out there and makes sure they aren't getting buried. My DH seems to have bonded very nicely with the new kitten. I am still trying of course and love him dearly, but in a different way I think. They're such different souls, no matter how much they look alike! I still catch myself calling him Glitch, and have to correct myself, but it only seems to happen like once a day instead of a hundred times a day... I need to get back to the backyard though, all my kids stuff is back there and thats where they play! That was the whole reason I buried his out there was so I could see him everyday, while the kids were playing, but the day after he died it snowed, and it hasn't gone away and wont for a while. Im sure itll be here till spring. I need to be able to go out there though. I catch myself going out there to cry for the most part. I need to get out there for other purposes too. Well at this point Im just rambling!!

Have a happy new year everyone!!

To everyone who has lost a beloved pet this year, may they play happily over the bridge until we meet again!

Oh gosh, I hate FIP so much. It will take a while. I still have trouble reading the bridge postings sometimes, though. But less than I used to. I just try & help when I can. Strangely, I'm happy I have another Smudge now, because it's also a happy name now too.

marysmith · Dec 29, 2007

I'm so sorry you have lost your kitty at such a young age.

sashacat421 · Dec 29, 2007

You never forget, you never do. I am so sorry. We lost our beloved kitten Freddie at age 7 months, his immune system didn't even have a chance to develop. It was devastating for all of us. I had never seen Eric cry before that time. Freddie was our light and the center of our world in 2003.... we got him as a gift 6 weeks after SiSi was taken by a coyote... sot he losses that year were devastating.

Glitch - this is what I have to say: Heaven must've needed your little guy in a hurry to take him so fast.

That's the truth and let that comfort you a little.
Peace and Light to you

Namaste~
Elizabeth

haremchik · Dec 30, 2007

This is such a wonderful and caring forum... I lost my girl recently also and I share your sadness.
The ones we love never really go away, as they always remain in our hearts...

glitch · Jan 20, 2008

Well, Reading this Forum recently has made me miss Glitch very much... I have tried to avoid it like a hurricane actually! Its just so sad, to see my boy up here and everyone elses family members up here too! I miss my Glitch, and would just like a cuddle or two from him! My other kittens now aren't quite as cuddly as he was, he would let me put him arms around my neck and would just love me up. I miss that.. In the begining it seemed as though he would come to me in my dreams, but now I dont even have the comfort of that! Meowmys getting lonely without you Glitch...

tab · Jan 21, 2008

glitch, i know exactly what you mean. i lost janet to FIP on the 6 oct last year and often it still feels as if only days have passed. i would give anything to have a janet cuddle again. he used to stand on my chest and stare me out! it was like i must give him all my attention now!

i miss my funny boy.

to you, i'm sure janet and glitch are having a ball over the bridge.

trouts mom · Jan 21, 2008

I am so sorry I have missed this thread from November

May your baby boy rest in peace...and continue to watch over you

I am very sorry you had to lose him

glitch · Jan 21, 2008

Im sorry I had to lose him too. I know that he's healthy and happy now across the bridge! I feel selfish wishing he was still here, because he's in such a better place, but I do wish he was here to snuggle with me like he use to! He would wrap his arms around my neck (one paw over each shoulder) and just give me the best kitty hugs! He would do that as long as I would let him!

The thing I think I miss most is the nursing on the blanket...

We had matching blankets, well we still do, his is just buried with him, and its the ugliest blankets in the world, but they are soft and fleece, and he would just nurse on them! He would get the happy paws going, and it was just so sweet! The blankets would be soaked with his saliva!! I got him when he was so young that I dont think he ever really was weaned! I still use that blanket to this day, and I can't really sleep without it! When he passed away I never got to take a clip of his hair, and when I realized it I went through the blanket picking all of his orange and white hairs off of it so I would have them! I know that sounds dumb, but I wanted to have them! I wish I could see him, if even in my dreams! Im pretty sure the last time he was in my dreams he was saying goodbye though...

glitch · Jan 26, 2008

I went through and read all my posts on this thread today... From what Ive read, I guess Im dealing with his loss a whole bunch better than I was! I think it just hit really hard because he really was the love of my life. It just doesn't seem to be fair that FIP can be such a terrible thing! I think the stress of his brother going away (Scud, my MIL brought them both over one day when they were 4 weeks old, and told me to take care of them) because My MIL decided she had to have Scud back! I really think that stress just did him in! He did better when I got a new kitten for him, but whem Moocha died that probably stressed him out too.

You just dont seem to get a fair fight with FIP, one day they figure out its FIP, and a month later if you're lucky they're gone!! I had Glitch a pretty good long time after he was diagnosed, I think almost 6 weeks, which is pretty good. At the end he was so fat and round, then the draining took place, and he was so skinny, and seemed like a kid again! It was just too bad that 3 days after the draining he was so sick he couldn't walk and would shake. I dont know if draining was the right thing to do or not, but it did give me one more good day with him at least!
My new boys HoBoJax & Eek keep me busy, and Eek does alot of the same stuff Glitch use too. Things are getting easier over time.
I post here mainly for my own informational purposes anymore, I was the last person to post on this before this, but I like to be able to go back and see how things went, and to remember! Its nice to remember.

tab · Jan 27, 2008

i think ist also helps us to see that we are coping. those first days are so dark without our furry babies.

time gives us back the lovely, happy memories that are hard to recall initially. i remember when janet first died thinking that i would never be able to think of him without remembering those horrible 2 weeks. nearly 4 months later i now have more happy recollections of him than sad.

glitch · Jan 27, 2008

I agree Tab!! Its been since November and most of the bad (not all) has been replaced with the loving memories he gave me! The happy times really! Even just the good moments on his bad days!!

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